Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
That her nickname for husband david was goldenballs in 2001. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2,000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather punctured the suave tv persona. I knew we should never have booked it.
The skyscrapers are in moscow. You will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. No casualties reported. Russian media showed damage to an Exhibition Centre in that area, west of the city centre. But it wasnt completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. Drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. In fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. But it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three miles away was where this incident took place. You will remember at the beginning of may, the kremlin itself was attacked by two drones. Well have more later on the use of joes by ukraine in the war with russia. Saudi arabian officials have confirmed that the British Government has invited Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
Russian media showed damage to an Exhibition Centre in that area, west of the city centre. But it wasnt completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. Drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. In fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. But it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three miles away was where this incident took place. You will remember at the beginning of may, the kremlin itself was attacked by two drones. Will, what can you tell us about humanitarian aid, or the corridor that was set up by ukraine after the deal ended and any further discussions didnt go anywhere . I understand that there is a ship that has got through, any more detail on that . Thats right, there are reports that a ship has made its way through that corridor, which was an
A sharp fall in its net profit, slipping 25 in 2023 compared to the previous year. Aramco attributed the downturn to Lower Crude Oil prices and decreased production. The companys net income dropped from 161 billion in 2022 to 121 billion last year. Despite the challenges posed by declining oil prices, aramco will increase its dividend payments, providing a much needed financial boost to saudi arabia. Lets get more now from our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. With a big fall off in profit, why is it increasing its dividend . It its dividend . Is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is still the second best performance in terms of annual results at 121 billion. Two reasons why they increased the dividend pay out. Number one, Aramco Abbott is the main driver of the Saudi Arabian economy. Saudi owned entities own 19 of it and they rely heavily on that income to really find some these massive projects inside arabia. They tried to keep the